Local Elections May 2018

Everyone should feel able to have a strong level of confidence in their Council. In Sheffield, many of us have lost that confidence.

In May 2018, It’s Our City! sent a clear message to the current ruling administration that we want change in our city – change for the good of the communities of Sheffield.

We were targeting six winnable wards (based on background analysis of election trends) in the city where we believed it was possible for residents in Sheffield to send that clear message via their voting choices. The wards were:

Broomhill and Sharrow Vale

City

Crookes and Crosspool

Mosborough

Nether Edge and Sharrow

Walkley

From community discussions in public meetings, we developed a shared set of 5 community-based pledges (see below). We were asking the six local candidates we had chosen in the target wards to support (and publicise) these pledges.

We selected the chosen wards and candidates carefully, focusing on, and selecting, potential winners who will also support our pledges. Our candidates were:

Kaltum Rivers (Green Party) for Broomhill and Sharrow Vale

Martin Phipps (Green Party) for City

Mohammed Mahroof (Liberal Democrats) for Crookes and Crosspool

Gail Smith (Liberal Democrats) for Mosborough

Alison Teal (Green Party) for Nether Edge and Sharrow

Bernard Little (Green Party) for Walkley

The pledges we have developed through our community conversations showcase some key changes we want to see in our city.

We want to show that communities can, and will, work together to effect the changes we want.